praerogatio

Latin

Etymology

From praerogō (“ask first; pay in advance”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [präe̯rɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [preroˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

praerogātiō f (genitive praerogātiōnis); third declension

1. A distributing beforehand.
2. A vote, decision or verdict beforehand.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praerogātiō	praerogātiōnēs
Genitive	praerogātiōnis	praerogātiōnum
Dative	praerogātiōnī	praerogātiōnibus
Accusative	praerogātiōnem	praerogātiōnēs
Ablative	praerogātiōne	praerogātiōnibus
Vocative	praerogātiō	praerogātiōnēs

Related terms

• praerogātīva
• praerogātīvātius
• praerogātīvus

• praerogātus
• praerogō

References

• “praerogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praerogatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.